Published on May 2, 2023
In AI Features

Reddit, Stack Overflow Chase Fool’s Gold in Generative AI Rush

Will Wikipedia follow in the footsteps of Reddit, Stack Overflow, and other platforms by limiting access to its data for AI purposes?

By Mohit Pandey

Everyone is going after generative AI these days, from big tech to IT companies to tech influencers, and now online communities. Last week, Reddit announced changes to its new API that will now start restricting the content pipeline used to train AI models by big-tech companies like Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI. This thought out move will now enable Reddit to put the fuel, the content, for chatbots like ChatGPT or Bard behind paywall. But, this begs a question: why the sudden shift towards monetisation, though? Reddit chief Steve Huffman recognises the importance and value of the corpus of the data that the community platform hosts. And interestingly, Reddit is planning an initial public offering (IPO) this year. Since most of its revenue comes from advertising, the company’s plan to

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Mohit Pandey

Mohit writes about AI in simple, explainable, and often funny words. He's especially passionate about chatting with those building AI for Bharat, with the occasional detour into AGI.